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nifc’Y TOOK GIFTS TO R<SIGNED PREXY--Janies A. Colston, (extreme right) resigned
1 re- idenl of Georgia State College, and Mrs. Colston, next to him, as they surveyed the gifts
presented to them by the citizens of Savannah and the local A I u m n i, Wednesday
evening of last week at the community house prior to the couple’s departure next day for
New York city, where Mr Colston will resume his studies towards his doctorate. The presentation
was made by Sidney A. Jones, well known mortician, standing third in line at the table of gifts.
la addition to a cash gift of
$411.00 wh ch had come in do¬
nations from numerous citi¬
zens, other friends made indi¬
vidual presents of various sorts.
A beautiful costume jewelry
set was g veil Mrs. Colston by
the Campus Community club,
of which she served as presi¬
dent.
7,041 Finish College This Year
Hampton to Inaugurate First
President Next Month
500 Delegates Attend
Sessions Business Groups
DETROIT—The conventions
of the National Negro Business
League, the National Builders
Association and the National
Association of Real Estate
Brokers terminated a week of
joint and separate sessions
here Friday afternoon on a
note of opt mism. Some 500
delegates in all attended daily
sessions at the Rackham Edu¬
cational Memorial Building,
and agreed that a substantial
number of new homes for Ne¬
groes and a greater degree of
business development w.ll be
achieved soon.
The week of unprecedented
activity wound up wit'-i the
Business League and its afLli-
ate, the Nat onal Housewives
K League, With the adoption of a
five-point program for streng¬
thening the organ.zation which
was founded 49 years ago by
Booker T. Washington. It had
opened on Wednesday night
with a jointly sponsored ban¬
quet at, tire Tuller Hotel at
wh 5 ch President Horace J. Suti-
duth of Cincinnati announced
that six other national organ.-
zatoons had promised to affili¬
ate w.th the league Mrs. Rob- |
Pittsburgh Cour.er
Company, was the principal
speaker at the dinner.
The seriousness of ihe need
for strengthen.ng the organi-
Continued on Pag* Thr**
NEW FEATURE AT THE “Y” IS THE
BICYCLE SAFETY CLUB
The West Broad Street 1
YMCA club is starting for boys a and Bicycle girls, j
Satety j
All you need to have is a bl-
cycle and have your parents |
fill out your entry blank. You
can get your blank at the West
Broad Street YMCA daily from
10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
The club is to make bicyling
safe in our city and safe for
boys and girls to ride on the
streets and highways of the
state Hi w.eugL. —— J"
“I came to Georgia State
college with the aim of budd¬
ing a better inst.tution at
which young Negro men and
women might study. I leave
with Ihe feel ng that something
has been accomplished toward
that end,” Mr. Colston declar¬
ed. ‘‘1 wish to congratulate
the new act.ng president. Dean
'ELECTED PRESIDENT—Ml's.
Lillian D- Edwards, Jeannes
supervisor and cr.tic teacher
at Fort Valley State college.
Fort Valley, Ga., who has been
elected president of the Na¬
tional Baptist Missonary Tra.n-
ing School at Nashville, Term.
Mrs. Edwards succeeds Dr. Mat-
tie G. Anderson, who resigned
last June.
The National Baptist M s
list Convention, U. S. A., Inc-,
operated by the Woman’s Con¬
vention, Auxiliary to the Na¬
tional Baptist Convention. U.
Continued on Page Six
ties and states-
At the YMCA there is a bul-
i c ^in board posted so you will
wh Where and how,
and the t.me the club will
meet.
Special features of this club
are; Bike rides, bike races, bike
h kes and bicycle parades and
prizes for members and non¬
members of the club.
The club is under the direc-
tion of G. H. White.
I; loto by
W. K. Payne, and trust
his administration will be
cessful in the building of high-
cr edacat.on for Negroes
the state of Georgia.”
President Colston and Mrs
Colston expressed sincere
Continued on Page Six
HAMPTON, Va. (ANP) — The
new president of Hampton in¬
stitute, Dr. Alonzo G. Moron,
will be inaugurated at the his¬
toric institution during three
days of colorful ceremonies
beginning October 27. The
theme of the inauguration will
be “The College, the Negro and
industry.”
Prominent educators, social
workers, government offic als
and industrialists will partici¬
pate in the events at the insti¬
tution founded 81 years ago by
Gen. Samuel Chapman Arm¬
strong, and one of the highest
ranking colleges and industrial
arts institutions for Negroes in
the United States.
Speakers for the three-day
inauguration program will in¬
clude Thomas A. Morgan, di¬
rector and chairman of the
board of the Sperry corpora¬
tion; Dr. C-ianning H. Tobias,
director of the Phelps-Stokes
foundation and chairman of
Hampton's board of trustees;
Dr. F. D. Patterson, president
of Tuskcgee inst.tute and a
trustee of Hampton; George M
Johnson, dean of the law
school of Howard university;
Lester B. Granger, executive
secretary of the National
ban league and Hampton trus¬
tee; Charles Houston, widely
known Washington, D. t). law-
Continued on Page Six
Negro Cops Capture Dangerous White
LEGION POST 500
AFFAIR ATTRACTING
WIDE ATTENTION
It was disclosed today by the
public relations committee of
WilLam P. Jordan Post 500 of
the American Legion that their
benefit affa.r of a gas stove,
and a set of cooking utensils
will come off Tuesday, Sep¬
tember 13, at the Eastside the¬
atre.
Tie ultra-modern gas range
is of the “Magic Chef” series,
and valued at $210.00. The sec¬
ond prize, a cooking utensil
is of the highest grade
Page Six
MACP to Test Legality of
S. C. Teacher Certification Plan
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 5—
Accoru ng to James M. Hinton,
j-state president of the National
Association for the Advance-
| ment of Colored People, plans
have been started to test the
i legality of the South Carolina
’ teacher
certification program.
Hinton said today that a
newly formed teacher, defense
comm ttee will institute court
action against the certification
plan which he claims is un-
(Corhtiit rational.
The committee also w.ll de¬
fend Negro teachers whose
teaching certificates the statr
board of education has revok¬
ed for allegedly cheating on
certification examination®.
‘‘Attorneys have been retain¬
ed, and are now preparing the
case for fil ng in court,” Hin¬
ton declared, ‘‘the committee
already has collected $1,000 for
lawyer fees.
Hinton sa ; d he was vice pres¬
ident bf the committee. JV
letterhead 1 sted A. J. Collin/
as president and A. T. Butlei
as secretary-treasurer.
The state teacher certifica¬
tion program, set up severa
years ago, bases state aid paj
for teachers on three factors:
One. Marks made on certi¬
fication tests given by th(
Continued on Page Six
NEW YORK (ANP) — The
number of Negro college grad¬
uates each year has steadily
increased from the 163 report¬
ed in 1912 to 7,944, in 1949. re¬
ports The Crisis, official organ
of the NAACP, in its 38th an¬
nual report on “The American
Negro in College,” published in
the August-September issue.
Of the 62,938 Negro students
enrolled in American colleges
In the academic year, 1948-
1949, the Crisis article reports,
7,944 graduated with various
bachelor’s degrees, 410 with
master’s, 16 with Ph. D.’s, 5
with the degree of doctor of
veterinary medicine, 1 eacn
with the degree of education
and doctor of laws, and 21
wiih the degree of doctor of
dentistry. Since the Howard
Medical school did not report,
the total number of graduates
with the M. D. degree is not
known, but Meharry conferred
43 degrees in medicine, Ohio
State university 2, and Indiana
university 1.
Toe article reports that How¬
ard university continues to
lead Negro institutions in en¬
rollment, with a total of 6,69 f >
students; Tennessee A. and I-
State is second, with 3,376; A.
and T. college, Greensboro, N.
C., third with 2,811; Tuskcgee
institute, fourth with 2,494;
Prairie View, fifth, with 2,162;
and Texas college, sixth, with
2,089- Ohio State tops the list
of mixed schools reporting with
939 Negro students; Indiana
university is second, with 282;
the University of Kansas third,
Continued on Page Six
PHILADELPHIA (ANP)—,
Three Negro special detectives
last week nabbed three “hard-1
oned and experienced” white
burglars as they were moving
loot out ot tne nome of a weal¬
thy family.
The police heroes were prais¬
ed for capturing the three
gangsters who had long rec¬
ords of crime and impr^on-
ment behind them. The offi¬
cers are Richard Edwa»rds,
Theodore Edwards and Nathan¬
iel Taylor,
As niembers of a special
squad they were cruising down
Chestnut street when they no¬
ticed three men carting
equipment from the home of
Registration in Local Schools
Will Be Held Friday
MANY NEW TEACHERS
ADDED TO STAFF
According to a release from
the office of Supt. Alfred T.
Vick, registration of pupils in
the local public schools will be
held tomorrow (Friday) and
the first regular school day
classes w.ll begin Monday.
All elementary, Beach-Cuyler,
Haven Home and Woodville
pupils w.ll register on Septem¬
ber 9. Pupils whose parents
have moved out of a school
district into a new one during
he summer will register in the
chool district in which they
are now living.
Incoming IB pupils must pre¬
sent their birth certificates
and vaccination records when
ihey register.
County school buses will pick
up pupils at the regular time
on registration day but will
make the.r return trip at 11:00
a. m.
September 30 will be the
deadline for 6-year-old pupils
to enter the city schools and
November 30 will be the dead-
Continued on Page Six
159 Added to Voters List Last Week
According to W. D. Donnelly,
chairman of the Citizenship
committee of the Hub, out¬
standing civic organization, 159
Negroes took advantage of the
opportun.ty to become register¬
ed voters last week. This
brings the total number of Ne¬
groes qualified to vote in Chat¬
ham county up to 4,855 as ot
last Tuesday.
The total number of names
on the voters list of the coun¬
ty is a little over 22,000.
Registration headquarters is
at the northwest corner of Og¬
lethorpe avenue and Barnard
streets, where every ava.labl<
facility is afforded those who
wish to register. Registration
requires only a few minutes'
t me and it is earnestly re¬
quested that those who have
not as yet performed this very
essential citizenship duty, do so
at the very earliest opportu¬
nity.
GREENVILLE HAS
FIRST NEGRO JUROR
GREENVILLE, N- C. (ANP) —
For the first t me in this coun¬
ty, a Negro juror sat on a case
last week in the County Civil
court. The juror was
Redmon of the Simpsonville
section.
In the past when Negroes
have been called for jury ser¬
vice, focal attorneys have ob¬
jected to them.
John Cadwalder. The men
drove away in their automobile
before the officers reached the
scene, but they soon overtook
the burglars.
Halt.ng the ear, tney order¬
ed the men out and searcued
them. They found no weap¬
ons on the whites, but they did
discover furs, jewels and other
articles valued at more than
$ 10 , 000 .
The three white men were
identified as William Mayer,
33; John Kopsko, 33, and Jdhn
Cov£llo, 29. Kopsko’s record
included a five year term tor
armed robbery, Mayer
was out on a 40 year probation
for -armed robbery.
Six Enroll at
Okla. Univ.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.
(ANP)—S.x of the estimated
75 Negroes who attended the
summer sessions at the Uni¬
versity of Oklahoma plan to
enroll in the fall semester.
These students are:
James Ewery, seeking his
master’s in mus.c education; G.
W. McLaurin, for a doctorate
in education; Malcolm S. Whit¬
by, master’s in audio-visual ed¬
ucation; Mrs. Orpherita Dan¬
iels, master’s in social work,
and Mrs. Ada Lois F.sher and
T. M. Roberts, law.
They will attend classes with
the white students but will be
segregated from them in the
classroom just as were the 75
summer school students. Most
of the students who attended
either the eight-week session
or the four-week inter-session
are back on their jobs teach¬
ing in the various Oklahoma
schools. Some students attend¬
ed both summer periods.
Negroes were allowed to at-
Continued on Page Six
Southern Baptists Denounce
The Rise of Mob Violence
RIDGECREST, S. C. (ANP) —
In a meeting of tne Social Ser¬
vice commission of the South¬
ern Baptist convention here
last week the commission de¬
nounced the apparent rise of
mob rule and the Ku Klux Klan
in the United States.
At the close of the commis¬
sion’s fourth annual confer¬
ence at which “The Next Steps
in Race Relations” was dis¬
cussed, Hugh A. Brimm, exe¬
cutive secretary of the commis¬
sion. issued the following
statement:
“We look with alarm upon
the reassurance of mob rule
and violence in our southern
regions. It can only be judg¬
ed as anti-Christian, anti-
Democratic, and therefore sub-
vers ve and Insidious threat tc
the assurance of America’s
(leadership in the cause for
world peace.
“The use of the sacred sym¬
bol of the Christian faith by
the hooded promoters of race
hatred and bigotry is a pre¬
sumptuous sacrilege and a
menace to the progress of
Continued on Page Six
MAN WHO KILLED
THREE WIVES
SEEKS APPEAL
COLUMBIA. S. C. (ANP)
The scheduled execution date
of Sept. 2 for John McClary,
convicted of murdering three
wives, was held up last week
when his attorneys announced
that they were seeking appeal
Originally, McClary served a
term for killing his first wife
several years ago. Then he
was given time on a chain
gang for murdering his second
wife. While on leave from
the chain gang he allegedly
j slew his third For this
latter killing he was sentenced
to death.
Week’s School of Evangelism
Begins Monday at First
Congregational Church
REV. IRA D. BLACK
Sunday, September 11th,
marks the beginning of the
School of Evangelism to be held
one week at the First Congre¬
gational church, Taylor and
Habersham streets, Rev. A. C
DR. PAUL R. REYNOLDS
Curtright, minister.
At the Sunday morning ser¬
vice, 11:15 o’clock, and evening
service at 7 o’clock, the guest)
(Continued on page Six)
Graceites to Begin Week of
Convocation Monday
BISHOP C. M. GRACE
The United House of Frayer
For All People will n 'd its
twenty-third annual convoca¬
tion here beginning Sunday
The celebration which will
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3 Fail in Get
Rich Quick
Scheme
By James B. LaFourche
NEW ORLEANS, La. (ANP)
Reputedly the biggest tax
swindle in the annals of crim¬
inal history to be committed
by Negroes in this state was
uncovered here last week when
the federal grand jury indict¬
ed three Baton Rouge men on
a total of 20 counts.
Indicted were J. F. Smith,
Jr., tan consultant, charged on
17 counts; Arthur H. Lange,
and Edward C Samuel. Lang*
was indicted on three oounts
between him and Samuel.
Accord.ng to the U. S. dis¬
trict attorney, J. Skelly Wright,
the trio embarked on a scheme
somewhat “unique,” having as
their motive to defraud the Jn-
terr.al Revenue department of
$60,000 in phony income tax »e-
turns.
The accused are sad to have
collected refunds on fictitious
tax returns made out in three
states, including Louisiana.
The three man, one a Baton
Rouge tax consultant and his
two assistants. would fMe a
copy of Income Tax Form 4040,
in the name of a fictitious per¬
son. The form would show
that the bogus taxipayer had
paid too much in withholding
taxes and was due a refund.
The refund check would then
be collected at the return ad¬
dress given for the “taxpayer.”
The DA stated of their $60,-
000 “take,” the trio had col¬
lected $25,000 from the Col¬
lector of Internal Revenue here
ind the rest on returns in Mis¬
sissippi and California. ^